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HENRY W. BURGESS, 0F ITHACA, NEW YORK. Letters .Patent No. 73,230, dated January 14, 1868.

IMPROVED STRAP-HOLDER.

' TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.:

Be it known that I, *HENRY W. BRGESS', of' Ithncm- Tompkins county, New York, have invented en Y 5 reference being had to the annexed'drawings, and to the letters of reference thereon.

Figure 1 is-a view of my strap-holder.'

Figure 2, e longitudinal section of my strap-holder, showing a strap in it, and the'volute curve by which itselnsping surfaces are' made.

Figure 3 is a side v iew, and

Figure 4 a plan ol' the base of the frame.

Improved Strap-Holder; aud'I doA herebydeclnre that tho followinv is a full and exact description thereof,

My object is to make aldevice or instrument which will easily fasten a. horse by the bridle or halter-strap v to-a bitching-post, without tying or buckling-by its Igrasping action on the strap; or by the halter-strap fasten n. horse or other animal in the stall or stable in which he is kept; or serve as a-neat and convenient means of securing the hold-beck strap ofa wagon or other vehicleito the thills; or to hold vother straps, as desired, in the places to which they are applicable.

l To accomplish this, I make a. suitablebedpiece or frame, to contain a, movable central clasping-picce or jaw, the lower surface of which is a part or portionofthe curve of a volute or spiral scroll,I and is hinged above the strap in the' centre or starting-point of the volute or scroll, and reaches down to and fits a corresponding part of the freme,-in euch-'cmanner as to graspand hold the strap of the bridle, haltexgror-{other article between the curved portion` of the jaw and the curred part of' the'frame, and fasten it so long` es tension is or has been .made inthe direction in which the animal is liable to pull, but is readily and conveniently released from thc jaw of the instrument when jerked or plrlledin the opposite direction. This is seen in the drawings.

-In tig. 1, A s the bed or frame-piece, and B the movable central clesping-pieee or-jnwA hinged on the rod -D; end Eis .the strap held between. the two parts of' my device, which -is represented-asjust' ready to close on and hold the strap. Y

' YIn iig. 2, D is the hinging-rod ofthe jew. B, and isthe centre or starting-point of the volute'or spiral scrcll'F; and A is-asection' ofthe hed-piece orframe, showing how its curve is a part, portion, or segment of the volntecurve where it holds the strap; and is a section of the central grasping movable or hinged piece or 'ja.w, also showing that its curvedand holding surlace is also a part of the volute curve, and that the two sur faces of the frame and-of `tbejaw are fitted to und'pnrallel to each other where they embrace the strapl E.` It will also be seen in thisfgure that b`y thelower dotted lines I the jaw is represented raised from the stra-p, thus teledsing it; andby the upper dottedlines J, that the jaw is still further opened, and that while thus opening,

'whethenthe distance of sepaation be little or much, yet the ysurface of the curve of the jaw, and that et' the frameand of the volute curve, is always inv a. parallelism to eachother.- By this lmeans my device admits various straps with diverse thicknesses,nnd holds them'by a broad bearing, and with no injurious weer or clasp`- ing of'the strap.k \Thus the opening and closing ofthe ,instrument are made to fit any strap.V The practical insertion of the strap is from tho right hand, by putting in theloose end through the jaws; and when in, it is locked bythe simple' retraction of the strnp backwards or to the right hand.

,In iig'. 3, thestrap is not seen in the strap-holder;` b ut bythe dotted linesits place und mode of being held are seen. Bythe right-hand lines, marked B K, the movable piece or jaw ofthe holder is seen thrown ove er; and as soon as the strap is in, the-throwing' ofgthe movablegjawo'ver to the postionof -the'lett-hend dotted lines locks the strap, aided, ifneed be', by ajerk orpull onthe right-hand ,end ofthe-strap- So simple is this, that men with' one arm, or those with something in one hand, can hitch `and unhitch horses and other animals by this instrument; and a. little practice vsoon gnables one to -fa'sten'a strop in itby a slight Jcrl and by'a.- slight pull or jerk loosen an animal eavingtthe movable jaw, as seen at B K, as'describeda I In ggf is a plan of the frame, mdv theA holes for fastening my holder to a post, manger, the thills, or other objects, as seen` The uses of my inventinn ore apparent tothose skilled in the nrt to which it nppertains.

. Olazmc. '.i.. 'i' claim che construction of the stmpholdr, when the said urfaces of the movable piece br Vpart Bnnd of th bed or oppoing piece oxpart A ae made to be a 'part orl section of the volut'e curve F, nis figured und described.

2.` The giving, iay the abovemamcd volute-shaped surfaces, an adaptation to varied thickness 'of-straps, und a. parallelism to each other ofthe said surfaces, thereby safely and surely holding the varied, straps placed between 'ne grasping-snrfacesg :wherein ldescribedl 3'. The combination of the bedpiece A, inovabie [iece'oli` part B, volute-shaped surfnccs F, handle G, und hinge D, the same making a', strap-holder, as sctfortbl as an article of manufacture.

HENRY W. BURGESS.'

Witneses:

SAMUEL J. Pnaxma. 

